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Thor Leonardo Halvorssen was born in 1967in Venezuela. He is a film producer and human rights advocate. Thor is the founder and Chair of Oslo Freedom Program. He is the Human Rights Foundation president. This is an organization devoted to freedom and Global Human Rights. Thor Halvorssen has also founded Moving Picture Institute.

Thor was born to Hilda Mendoza, a relative and descendant of the first resident of Venezuela, the royal family. Thor Halvorssen’s father served as an anti-Narcotics Ambassador in Venezuela. His father’s roots are traced from the prominent Kingship family in Norway. Halvorssen attended Pennsylvania University and graduated with a degree in History and Political Science. Read more: Thor Halvorssen | LinkedIn

In 1993, his father was arrested after investigating a Medellin Cartel for possible bank fraud and money laundering when he was a freshman. He was beaten, tortured, and threatened to be murdered. He was eventually found innocent after all the torture. While attending a protest in Venezuela, his mother was shot and wounded.

Thor keeps awake into the-wee-hours-of-the-night generate ng texts, emails, and encrypted messages at Wickr. This makes it clear that he is a do-goodnik.

For Thor, human rights and individual freedom are the basis of every meeting. Any discussion table should start with this critical issues in modern life.

His knowledge on the subject-matter is practical. He has exposed a drug czar in Venezuela. Leopoldo Lopez, his first cousin, is still serving a jail term as a political prisoner in Venezuela. Thor says that his love for people is increasing emphatically.